[Redwood71]

://www.mindspring.com/~engineer_my_dna/mormon/escape.htm

This may help. You'll notice the charges included larceny which was attributed to the to the use of stones to find treasure, but didn't. The records of that time tell many different stories depending which ones you wish to believe. He was also charged with treason, theft, buglary and other things. He escaped prior to going to court for it by getting the guards drunk when they were transporting him and others, and was killed upon his return. Any arguments there?

[Hat-Trick]

I think you are confusing or mixing the facts of two or more separate incidents.

First, the URL you gave references his being jailed in Missouri, several years prior to his death in jail in Nauvoo, Illinois. In neither of these incidents was he charged with treason or treasure digging. There is some historical data that suggests he was charged with treasure digging in Bainbridge, New York, in 1826, prior to his foundation of the mormon religion.